Long Island couple killed in Shohola car crash

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Jan 29, 2013 at 1:59 PMJan 29, 2013 at 2:00 PM

The couple who died in a Shohola car crash Monday has been identified.

The couple who died in a Shohola car crash Monday has been identified.

Alexander Protosow, 89, and Louise Protosow, 83, of Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., were passengers in the back seat of a car bound for Woodloch Lodge in Hawley, Pike County Coroner Kevin Stroyan said.

The Protosows were not wearing seatbelts when the driver of the car lost control on Route 6 between Peter’s restaurant and Shohola Falls. The car went off an embankment.

The crash is believed to be related to the poor traveling conditions caused by snow and freezing rain Stroyan said.

The couple seated in the front was transported to a local hospital, treated and released. –Beth Brelje